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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com If there’s one thing Sue Johnson wants parents to be aware of during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s the effects PANDEMIC of MIS-C on children.

MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated it is not sure what causes MIS-C, but many afflicted children had the virus that causes COVID-19 or had been around someone with COVID-19.

The syndrome hit far too close to home when Johnson’s 13-year-old son, Jax, became serioulsy ill with it.

Johnson, a Noblesville resident who lives within the Hamilton Southeastern Schools district, said Jax first began to experience symptoms Jan. 18.

“He said his legs were weak and he had chills, and then the next morning he threw up and had a fever,” Johnson said. “(The pediatrician) said to take him in and get a COVID test, so we had a rapid COVID test and he did not have COVID at that point.”

However, Jax’s symptoms worsened, and

by Jan. 20 he had a 103-degree fever and couldn’t keep water down. After calling the pediatrician again, Johnson was instructed to take Jax to the nearest emergency room.

Upon arrival at Ascension St. Vincent Fishers Hospital on Olio Road, Jax’s temperature was 104. Despite hospital staff starting IVs and administering Tylenol and other medication, his temperature didn’t go below 103.1.

Jax also complained of belly pain, so doctors performed a CAT scan to check his appendix, which was enlarged, and his lymph nodes were swollen. He was then transferred to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital.

Doctors decided to remove Jax’s appen-

Jax Johnson spent 14 days in the hospital and was diagnosed with MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. (Submitted photo)

dix. But during the surgery, the surgeon discovered the appendix was red but wasn’t inflamed to the point it would cause issues.

The surgeon removed the appendix and started IV antibiotics.

NO IMPROVEMENT “Progressively through the night, Jax’s blood pressure would drop, his heart rate would drop, then accelerate, and he was in a lot of pain, and we couldn’t figure out where the pain was coming from,” Johnson said. “(The next day) they couldn’t get his fever down and there was pain, so they decided to keep him in the hospital.

“That Friday is when everything started going really south for us.”

Johnson said doctors began discussing MIS-C and were conducting several tests.

Then, Jax’s heart rate, oxygen and blood pressure dropped, and he was having trouble breathing. X-rays showed his heart was “extremely enlarged” and his lungs were filled with fluid.

Despite inserting a PICC line, for longterm medication and blood draws, and moving Jax to the ICU, his vitals still weren’t stable.

“At that point, they got his blood test back and he tested positive for the COVID antibody, and they said he has the MIS-C diagnosis because he has the COVID anti-

body,” Johnson said. “They asked, ‘When did he have COVID?’ and we said he didn’t. They said with MIS-C, they have to be exposed to COVID or had COVID four to six weeks prior to the MIS-C symptoms presenting themselves, and looking at the time frame, that would be December (2020) for us, but he had not been sick.”

Johnson said it’s likely Jax had COVID-19 but was asymptomatic. He stayed in the ICU for seven days. During that time, Johnson said doctors were unable to stabilize his blood pressure or heart rate, and he still had a high fever and pain.

“Finally, on the seventh day, he was stable enough to be moved up onto the medical floor, but once he got up to the medical floor, he started having what they referred to as ‘episodes,’” Johnson said. “When he would stand up, his blood pressure would drop but his heart rate spiked, and it looked like he was having seizures, but it wasn’t a seizure. MIS-C attacks all the major organs in your body — your heart, lungs, muscles, anything blood runs through, so we thought maybe it’s starting to affect his brain.”

Another CAT scan didn’t show brain swelling, but when blood test results came back, Jax’s hemoglobin was at a 4 when it should have been at 13. So, he started receiving blood transfusions.

“We got the blood results back to where he could be mobile on his own, but his muscles were atrophied and weak,” Johnson said. “After 14 days, we were able to get him to the point where he could go home, so now we’re on this long road of recovery.”

Johnson takes her son to one or two follow-up appointments each week, and she expects to continue follow-up appointments for a year.

As for Jax and his recovery, Johnson said it’s a day-by-day process.

“Every day he starts with medications we are not used to,” she said. “Some days he looks like a normal kid, some days he’s tired and wants to sleep all day.”

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tee, I was too passive and did not question enough and was not vocal enough during the (RDC) meetings,” Risk said.

The majority of the Westfield City Council Johns said a few councilors approached voted to appoint Brian Ferguson to the Rehim with concerns about Risk not being development vocal in meetings. After Johns atGOVERNMENT Commission to tended a few meetings, he shared replace Melissa the concern.

Risk during its February meeting.

Risk said Johns told her Bob Councilor Jake Gilbert abstained, Beaudry, the other council appoinbut all other councilors voted in tee on the five-member RDC, is very favor of the chagne. Risk said her vocal and that Risk was not. As a departure wasn’t voluntary. result, Johns was asked by several Johns PLEASE US FOR Risk, who was appointed by the councilorsJOIN to replace Risk. council to the RDC early last year, said a According to Johns, another councilor few days before the February meeting that was supposed to discuss the concerns with council president Mike Johns called her and Risk, but apparently that didn’t happen. expressed concern about her performance.

“We were told that one of the councilors “He told me that as a city council appoinhad talked to her, and it became apparent

when I spoke to her that was not in fact the case,” Johns said. “I was very disappointed with that individual.”

Johns said the councilor in question’s explanation was that maybe he had not communicated properly with Risk.

“It did come out of the blue,” Risk said.

“They had not reached out to me and said they were unhappy.”

With regard to RDC votes, Risk said she and Beaudry only differed on a few votes in the past year.

“What I told Mike was I didn’t understand how they wanted me to challenge the RDC. I didn’t feel that was my position,” Risk said.

“I’m not knowledgeable enough to do that.

Only two (RDC members) are appointed by council, and three are appointed by (city) administration. If you had two appointed by

council, to be a minion of the council, they still have a losing vote.”

Council member Cindy Spoljaric and Johns said a strong appointee is beneficial.

“Our expectations are high that somebody would be willing to be council’s advocate. That’s what we appoint them for,” Spoljaric said.

Ferguson had previously been interviewed for an appointed position on the RDC. “Brian’s got a good financial background,” Johns said. “He’s a good businessman, and he’s not a timid person. The RDC has got some strong leadership on it, and it’s just my personal feel when you have a strong leader, you need (an appointee) who’s not intimidated, especially when we get back to in-person meetings.”

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Public hearing set for West Fork Whiskey’s tax abatements

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com West Fork Whiskey plans to break ground on a 33,000-square-foot agritourism facility on 13 acres at the CITY COUNCIL northeast corner of 191st Street and Horton Road near Grand Park in Westfield this summer.

Prior to construction, the owners are requesting more than $382,000 in real and personal property tax abatements from the City of Westfield.

A public hearing for the request will be presented during the March 8 Westfield City Council meeting. The council is expected to vote on the abatements at that time. The council heard an introduction to the project during its Feb. 8 meeting, in which Westfield Director of Economic Development Kai Chuck presented an overview of the project.

Chuck said the facility includes manufacturing, distribution and retail areas and that West Fork Whiskey plans to create 52 new jobs with an average pay of $22 an hour.

The company plans a total investment of $10 million on the development.

West Fork Whiskey is requesting a 10year real property tax abatement and a five-year personal property tax abatement.

The 10-year abatement would be applied to the 13,700-square-foot manufacturing area, which is estimated to cost $2.4 million. The abatement would be applied in 10 percent increments, with a 100 percent tax abatement the first year and a 10 percent abatement in the 10th year. The total real property abatements would equal $282,533.

The personal property abatement only applies to the manufacturing equipment, valued at $2.5 million. The abatement would be applied in 20 percent increments, with 100 percent tax abatement the first year and 20 percent tax abatement in the fifth year. The total personal property abatements would equal $99,617.

“The abatements were integral in leading us to Westfield,” West Fork Whiskey co-owner David McIntyre said. “We are hoping to break ground early summer.”

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has recognized two of its deputies after they encountered a disPUBLIC SAFETY tressed individual armed with a rifle.

According to a press release from the HCSO, Deputy Eddie Hansen and Sgt. Kevin Crask were dispatched to check on the welfare of a Hamilton County citizen near 146th Street and Allisonville Road in HCSO’s southeast district. Upon arrival, Hansen contacted the distressed individual, who Hansen was armed with a rifle.

Hansen gave verbal instructions to deescalate the situation. After negotiating for several minutes, the individual complied and the weapon was not used and no one was hurt.

Crask “Dep. Hansen displayed some of the most amazing communication skills and compassion I have seen in this profession,” Crask stated. “Dep. Hansen routinely goes above and beyond to help people, and this was yet another display of his dedication to Hamilton County and its residents.”

Hansen lives in Carmel and Crask lives in Hamilton County jurisdiction north of Cicero.

“I could not be more proud to work alongside Dep. Hansen and Sgt. Crask every day,” Sheriff Dennis Quakenbush stated.

The incident occurred in January, and the HCSO announced the recognitions last week. Quakenbush attributed the outcome to the personal attributes of Hansen and Crask, but also the extensive mental health training and Crisis Intervention Training that is mandatory for HCSO employees.

“Dep. Hansen routinely goes above and beyond to help people, and this was yet another display of his dedication to Hamilton County and its residents.”

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“The Senate bill I’ve proposed is very simply a measure to allow local communities to identify and finance their own broadband problems,” Baldwin said. “Right now, in order to finance a project like this as a public/ private project, one of the tools they have is tax increment (financing), but that’s predicated on the future growth of taxes, and in this particular case, in a broadband project, there’s no real estate tax growth.

“This bill allows redevelopment commissions with the county or city or town to create and engage in a public/private project with private enterprises and then pledge the future broadband service fees generated by (the) project as the first payment obligation against (the) bond.”

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“Now more than ever, Indiana’s businesses, remote workers, farmers, students and Hoosiers seeking access to virtual health care or other services must have access to reliable, high-speed internet,” Baldwin said.

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Baldwin said the lack of high-speed connectivity in rural areas negatively affects health care systems, agriculture and education.

“We have kids pulling up to McDonald’s and libraries trying to get Wi-Fi to do homework. Health care systems struggle with access to the right speeds of internet,” Baldwin said. “My bill speaks to empower local communities to finance some of these local problems.”

The bill has been assigned to the Senate’s utilities committee and was heard by the committee Feb. 11. To become law, it must pass the committee, then be recommitted to the tax and fiscal committee, and then go through the Indiana House. If the bill is passed, it will be sent to Gov. Eric Holcomb, who could sign it into law July 1.

In the agriculture industry, Beck’s Hybrids CEO Sonny Beck said broadband Beck access is critical, especially in today’s technology-driven world.

“Smaller companies, in order to take it to the last mile, that’s where we’re at when we say rural, we need rural broadband,” Beck said.

Broadband speeds vary widely throughout Indiana but can be as slow as 10MB/1MB, whereas the national suggested speed is much faster at 25MB/3MB. The first number represents download speed, and the second number represents upload speed.

“We are using chemicals at the exact right rates. All those things are done by computer, and we need rural Indiana to be very competitive because it’s such a big part of our community,” Beck said. “We need this public and private partnership to get this job done. It’s nothing new being invented, but (10MB/1MB) is not sufficient in today’s world. It’s like only having a refrigerator, stove and (a) few lights on in your house (at one time). We don’t expect free funding. We don’t expect free money.

“We just want the way to get the borrowing capacity in terms of bonds to be able to use for these projects in individual areas.”

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since they are already responsible for providing emergency assistance to residents.

Renters can apply for grant funds if one Hamilton County renters will soon have or more members of the household qualiaccess to more than $10 million in federal fies for unemployment or has experienced grant funds to proa reduction in household income, PANDEMIC vide housing asincurred significant costs or experisistance for those enced a financial hardship because financially impacted by the COVID-19 of COVID-19, according to the U.S. pandemic.

Dept. of the Treasury. They also The Hamilton County Council must demonstrate a risk of expeon Feb. 3 approved a fund for the riencing homelessness or housing CARES Act Rental Assistance grant, instability and have a household Tolan which is available to municipalities income at or below 80 percent of or counties with a population of at least the area median, which in Hamilton County 200,000. It is among $25 billion approved by is $45,950 for a single-person household Congress in December 2020 to help people and up to $86,600 for an eight-person nationwide remain in their homes. Aphousehold. The funds will not be available proximately 21 percent of Hamilton County to households already receiving another residents are renters, according to the U.S. type of federal rental assistance.

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Renters can receive up to 12 months of Westfield Washington Township Trustee assistance. The trustees can provide an adDanielle Carey Tolan, who oversees the proditional three months of coverage if funds gram in Hamilton County, said she expects are still available and a continued need is the funds to be used quickly. The trustees shown. Those receiving grants funds must office has seen an increase in requests use them to cover payments past due befor rental assistance since the pandemic fore using them for future rental costs. began.

Carey Tolan said she has created imple“(Renters) are having major backpays mentation and advisory teams to help guide of $6,000, $8,000 in rent and utilities, and the program. For a municipality to receive they’re coming to our office for assistance,” the grant, no more than 10 percent of it can she said. “Landlords still can’t evict (bebe used for administrative costs. cause of a federal moratorium), but they Renters or landlords can apply for the can choose not to renew their lease. That’s assistance by signing up at a soon-to-bewhere we’re getting into this very sticky launched website. The county trustees plan situation.” to work with local assistance agencies, The local program is expected to launch churches and landlords to help spread the within a month, once software to manage it word about the program. is available. Hamilton County Commissioner Learn more about the program at Christine Altman said she requested the home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares/ county’s trustees to coordinate the effort emergency-rental-assistance-program.

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information and wetland nature functions when available for the jurisdictional areas of Hamilton County. For more, visit the Hamilton County Government and Judicial Center, One Hamilton County Square Suite 306, Noblesville, or by calling 317-776-8490.

Board president elected — Mark Heirbrandt has been elected president of the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. He replaces Christine Altman in the role. Steve Dillinger will serve as vice president. Election of officers is an annual practice.

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Project: Changed stop condition Location: The traffic pattern on Centennial Road changed as of Feb. 16. Traffic will stop at 193rd Street, and traffic on 193rd Street will not stop at Centennial Road. Advance warning signs have been installed to alert drivers to the new traffic pattern.

Project: Jersey Street Location: From Union Street to Mill Street Expected completion: Jersey Street will be closed for the remainder of the Grand Junction Plaza construction.

Project: Grand Junction Plaza Location: The parking lot west of Union Street and south of Main Street Expected completion: The gravel parking lot on the east end of Park Street is permanently closed as the Grand Junction Plaza is moving into the construction phase. Parking is available on the west end of Park Street.

Project: Natalie Wheeler Trail Location: On Union Street between Mill and Jersey streets.

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Project: Monon Trail restrooms Location: The restrooms on the Monon Trail just north of Greyhound Pass closed Feb.15 and will remain closed for four weeks for a Citizens Energy Group maintenance project FISHERS Project: 146th Street at Ind. 37 Location: All left-turn lanes are currently restricted on Ind. 37 and on 146th Street with traffic moved to the interior lanes.

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Fishers resident leads slate of Democratic candidates

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Dayna Colbert is convinced they are stronger as a unit.

Colbert, POLITICS a 31-yearold Fishers resident, heads a slate of candidates who are running together as HamCo United for the Hamilton Colbert County Democratic Central Committee’s four positions.

Colbert, president of the Hamilton County Young Democrats since August 2017, is running for chair.

The other candidates are Ronnie Saunders, Goddard Westfield, vice chair; Sarah Russell Goddard, Noblesville, secretary; and Al Moore, Carmel, treasurer.

“We wanted to run together so we could have really good representation for the county,” Colbert said. “I think we are stronger with this slate with diverse backgrounds. We come from different walks of lives and bring different perspectives.”

Saunders ran for State Senate District 20 in 2020. Goddard is a health care advocate and Moore is former Decatur County chair.

Other announced candidates include Kevin Patterson, chair, and Heather Hilbert, vice chair.

The precinct committee persons will cast ballots by mail with the vote to be determined March 6.

The Central Committee serves as the executive branch at the county level.

“We would coordinate elections and appoint precinct committee people who help find the poll workers,” Colbert said. “We work with any election issues that come up. The committee appoints a person to be our representative on the county elections board. In addition, the party looks to volunteers to help expand our message. We’re looking to connect volunteers and give them reSaunders sources, giving candidates resources as well.”

HamCo United’s four key goals for 2021 are: Refreshing the message and brand to build trust for Democrats in our communities; increasing Moore member recruitment while continuing to engage volunteers; increasing voter outreach to encompass voter education and build community relationships; and revamping candidate recruitment processes and training so quality candidates have the opportunity to succeed.

“We have a message that tends to reflect more national trends than local trends,” Colbert said. “We want to focus on what impacts people in Hamilton County and defining ourselves as opposed to having other folks defend us.”

Colbert said in 2019, Democrats picked up three seats in city council races, winning two seats in Fishers and one in Carmel.

In the November 2020 election, Joe Biden became the first Democratic candidate to carry the cities of Carmel and Fishers.

For more, visit hamcounited.com/.

“We wanted to run together so we could have really good representation for the county. I think we are stronger with this slate with diverse backgrounds.

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F.C. Tucker stats — Westfield’s residential real estate market was active in January 2021, with home sale prices decreasing slightly and homes leaving the market more quickly. According to F.C. Tucker Company, Westfield experienced a decrease of 5.9 percent in the average sale price of a home, to $416,758, compared to January 2020. The average price per square foot for a home in Westfield also decreased to $154.91, down 11 percent. Westfield homes sold more quickly than this time last year, leaving the market 18 days faster.

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Tragesser named office managing partner — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP recently announced that Joel Tragesser, a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and a Westfield resident, has been named the office managing partner for the firm’s Indianapolis office. Tragesser started the position Feb. 1, and he will continue his full-time law practice.

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Westfield man receives volunteer of the year award for hospice work

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Michael Judge’s voice is the last some hospice patients hear before they die.

The Westfield resident, who was recently named Flanner Buchanan’s Hospice Volunteer of the Year, has volunteered with the No One Dies Alone hospice program since 2016. He said participating in the program changed him as a person, although he was initially uneasy about sitting at someone’s bedside as they neared death.

“Back around 2016, I was looking for volunteer opportunities of some kind. I’ve always enjoyed that, and it had been a long time since I had a chance to do volunteer work,” Judge said. “I kept coming across this series of distressed messages from a hospice board saying, ‘We desperately need volunteers,’ and I kept skipping past it. It didn’t seem like something I was interested in.”

But shortly after, a message popped up with the headline, “No one should die alone.”

“And for some reason, that just stopped me in my tracks,” Judge said.

Judge called the hospice group and learned it was seeking volunteers to lead vigils, in which a trained volunteer sits at the bedside of a hospice patient in their final hours if they have no family or if their family is unavailable. The group’s greatest need was to fill a three-hour vigil from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Judge volunteered for that vigil.

“I would get off work, take a nap and at about 11 o’clock at night, go to whatever medical facility it was and sit at their bedside,” Judge said. “They are mostly unconscious and often restless, so I would hold their hand, or if their mouth looked dry, I would give them water. If they were agitated, I might read to them or sing a hymn here and there, but just holding someone’s hand would calm them often.”

Judge served two years on the “No One Dies Alone” team, and as a result, he said he’s not the same person.

“Even if someone is unconscious, the medical community believes the last thing to go is the ability to hear, so I would introduce myself and speak to them as if they were awake,” Judge said. “I would be all teary eyed even with people I don’t even know. Sitting with somebody and being trusted with them in their last days and hours … this is someone whose life is wrapping up.”

Judge said during the two years he volunteered for the 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. vigil, two hospice patients died while he was with them.

“I remember the first one I wept for a week like it was a long, lost relative,” he said. “When you hold someone’s hand when they take their last breath, especially someone you don’t know, it was life-changing for me. It taught me to grow up and mature and love better.”

After two years of serving with the No One Dies Alone program, Judge assisted Indianapolis-based Heartland Hos-

Michael Judge practices his salute in the mirror each time before he visits a veteran in hospice. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

Michael Judge salutes a veteran in hospice care. (Submitted photo)

pice with developing a local version of We Honor Veterans, a national program conducting ceremonies to recognize veterans in hospice care. Judge is a retired U.S. Marine Corps. master sergeant.

“I stepped over and helped develop that and have transitioned to that now for the last two years going forward,” Judge said. “The bulk of what I do is, we’ll set up appointments with veterans in hospice in different stages. Most are conscious and (we) hear their story.”

Judge said he dresses in a suit and tie instead of a military uniform because he wants the visit to be about the veteran in hospice care and their service.

“I ask if there’s anything in your (service) history you remember that’s meaningful to you and relationships, and sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. Usually, they talk about relationships meaningful to them,” Judge said. “I share with them less than 1 percent of the U.S. population ever served in the Armed Forces and thank them on behalf of the U.S. and Heartland Hospice that they either volunteered or were drafted but didn’t run away. They went and served their country.”

At the end of the presentation, Judge leaves a gift with the veteran.

“Then, I come to the position of attention and give them their final salute,” Judge said. “It’s kind of like their last Veterans Day. I think of it as a final formation. I’ll tell you, it’s pretty emotional.”

Judge said helping veterans tell their story is healing for the veterans and their families. He said the organization makes sure as many loved ones are present for the ceremony as possible.

Judge travels within a two-hour radius of his home to perform the ceremonies. He received Flanner Buchanan’s Volunteer of the Month award in December 2020. He then learned that he would receive the company’s Volunteer of the Year award as well.

Judge lives in Westfield with his wife, Marianne. They are empty nesters and enjoy spending time with their grandchildren. Outside of working as a customer experience specialist and volunteering with Heartland Hospice, Judge enjoys reading “Sherlock Holmes” detective stories.

AN IMPACTFUL CEREMONY Westfield resident Michael Judge said one of the most impactful memories of serving with the local We Honor Veterans program occurred early in his service.

“There was a young veteran in hospice. It wasn’t combat-related, but he was about 30 and bedridden from a debilitating disease taking his life,” Judge said. “When I came in to present and share and thank him for his service, at the end of it, he starts moving around in bed and the nurses are concerned, and he gets up out of bed, which he hadn’t done yet for a while, and he stands up on very painful legs. I was going to give him that final solute, and when he saw what was coming, he wouldn’t do it laying down. He had to standup to return that. After we saluted each other, he asked me to turn and face a banner on the wall that had the names of several of his military comrades killed in a combat operation over in Afghanistan, so we did.

“We faced it and saluted his comrades together, then he struggled back to bed, and I got out of there before he saw me bawling.”

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Commentary by Terry Anker Like so many poets and songwriters, successful (especially in the early 1970s) lyricist Harry Nilsson had a distinct way of taking a simple concept and keeping it, um, simple. “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do” Nilsson crooned in 1968. When the popular band Three Dog Night covered the song a year later, it exploded as an international hit. The uncomplicated song, with its equally uncomplicated message, resonated with millions of listeners around the globe.

We all need the association of others.

We all, even the introverts, are social animals. We all need a pack to survive.

Somewhere around the first day of school, we come to know the effect of social isolation, ostracization and, alternatively, of acceptance. We stand in line waiting to be picked for second-grade baseball only to have our name called out last. Or maybe we are the team captain tasked with putting together a winning program or just picking our friends first. Does winning trump besties?

Today, we are more challenged by the COVID-19 lockdown to stay connected.

Will anyone remember that we exist when they don’t see us anymore? Is Zoom enough? Sure, it is. Well, probably.

Even so, are we returning to a world so increasingly fractured by identity politics and we/they tribalism that we can scarcely know if we can ever again hope to be picked for the team, whether first or last?

Nilsson wrote, “Two can be as bad as one. It’s the loneliest number since the number one.” While one could assume that he was talking about a romance gone bad, it occurs that it might likewise apply to a state where two people so misunderstand each other that they find only isolation where companionship could be. Have we come to be alone together?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.

Recollections of forgetting things Commentary by Danielle Wilson As I was donning my requisite Bobbi Brown eyeliner the other morning, I fondly recalled the day my youngest HUMOR sister introduced me to it — Oct. 30, 2010. Moments later, I struggled to remember if my mother-inlaw’s birthday was that day or the next.

What gives? Why is it I know the title of Jodie Foster’s 1977 childhood caper film is “Candleshoe” and can easily sing Prince’s “Raspberry Beret” without missing a single word, but cannot accurately state the time of birth of any of my four children?

Is it age? Am I losing short-term recognizance in favor of long-term minutiae?

I literally spent a solid 30 seconds in my car yesterday morning looking for a mask before realizing it was on my stupid face!

And yet I had no problem reciting, in chronological order, a list of dead presidents to my history classes.

I don’t get it. I find myself regaling friends with a hilarious tale of Meijer

misadventure only to learn later that I’d previously shared the story. Twice. Current students’ names are a crapshoot, though I could probably tell you all about a longsince graduated older sibling. I’m constantly “losing” my lanyard and reading glasses but know exactly where the tiny package of 3-year-old Orchid Food is.

Good, lord. Has it really come to this?

Not quite 50 and I’m legitimately earning frequent “Jeeze, Mom” eye rolls? What’s a gal to do? I thought I was keeping my mind sharp with sudoku and voracious reading, but apparently to no avail.

I mean, just last week I wasted half a minute searching for a mask that I was already wearing!

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.

I literally spent a solid 30 seconds in my car yesterday morning looking for a mask before realizing it was on my stupid face! And yet I had no problem reciting, in chronological order, a list of dead presidents to my history classes – DANIELLE WILSON

Editor, Indiana Highway 32 is the designated highway for semi traffic for both Noblesville and Westfield. It was not a problem when the towns were small and the area was agriculture. Now that the population of both cities has grown so much with a lot of vehicular traffic, the problem of how to support this roadway is finally being discussed.

Noblesville approved an extension of Pleasant Street to the west of White River to divert semi traffic. That diversion would not help Westfield unless Highway 38 would substitute as the designated route for semi traffic. And growth is starting to take effect along Highway 38 to U.S. 31.

I made this suggestion then, and I will make it again. We have a perfect fourlane divided highway that is already built and can serve the purpose of transporting heavy semi traffic within and across Hamilton County from Interstates 65 and 69. That roadway is 146th Street.

Why not use this route and alleviate the cost of building a new road and the cost of destroying designated historical neighborhoods, national historical buildings in Westfield and community supporting businesses for a new bypass roadway?

Mari Briggs, Sheridan

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Commentary by Dick Wolfsie I told my wife the other day that the stress of writing a weekly newspaper column was getting to be too HUMOR much for me.

“Look, Mary Ellen, we have been stuck in the house for a year and there’s nothing left to write about. Plus, you put a stop to articles making fun of you.”

“All right, Dick, because I can see you are desperate, I will lift the moratorium as long as I can approve the stories before you send anything out.”

“Could I do a column about how when you go grocery shopping, you never buy the kinds of stuff I like? You just buy healthy low-fat and organic food.”

“You wrote that in June of 2016. Wasn’t funny then. And besides, look at what good shape we are in.”

“How about one describing how little you know about sports, and that you ask really silly questions?”

“That would be June of 2006 and August of 2018. And I still think it’s a good question, why they call it a strike when the player doesn’t hit the ball. Or why the clock in

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“Wait a second, Mary Ellen, have you been keeping track of the columns where I make fun of you?”

“Look, Mary Ellen, we have been stuck in the house for a year and there’s nothing left to write about. Plus, you put a stop to articles making fun of you.”

– DICK WOLFSIE “Yes. Out of 1,100 columns you’ve written, I have been the brunt of the humor 275 times. And they were all complete exaggerations, taking advantage of what a good sport I am. In those where you’ve made fun of your own behavior, you told it just like it really happened.”

“For example?”

“You really did lock yourself in the garage naked; you really did put on another

guy’s underwear at the gym; you did flood the bathroom with your Waterpik; you did leave your cellphone in the freezer. You are an honest writer … about yourself. But with me, you take a lot of liberties.”

“Well, can I do a column about how you return every gift I get you for Christmas?

One time you returned it before you unwrapped it because you guessed what it was: a Keurig Coffee Maker.”

“That was November 2019. And for the record, I didn’t return the $100 Amazon gift card this past Christmas, and I plan to keep the flowers you gave me for Valentine’s Day.” “OK, Mary Ellen, how about the time you were stopped for an expired plate? You asked the cop how you would know the plate had expired when you were sitting up front in the driver’s seat. I didn’t make that up.”

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“Maybe I’ll remind you in the next column.”

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Zionsville dentist sells practice after 47 years in town

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Dr. James Brown, a dentist who has practiced in Zionsville for 47 years, retired on Dec. 31, 2020, after a twoBUSINESS year search for a suitable successor. After a chance meeting, Brown decided to sell to Dr. David Taler and Dr. Natalie Mercho, a married couple who own Advanced Family Dentistry.

“Most of the years were spent at the 135 S. 2nd St. address,” Brown said of his practice. “I’ve been here long enough that you can see two to three, sometimes four generations in a family as we’ve been treating them. As I started to get to thinking about retiring a couple years ago, I kind of made up my mind what I was looking for, and it took me two years to find (them).”

Taler and Mercho opened their second practice Jan. 4 at 135 S. 2nd St. in Zionsville, where Brown previously practiced. The couple moved to Indianapolis in 2012 to be closer to Mercho’s family in the Geist area.

They then opened their first practice in Fishers in 2014.

Taler and Mercho now live in Carmel but plan to move to Zionsville after their new home is built.

Brown met the couple after a friend asked Mercho if she and Taler were interested in buying another practice.

“I said (to her), ‘Yeah, we are actually looking for one, but there is nothing on the market right now,’” Mercho said.

Mercho’s friend gave her a phone number for a person who happened to be Brown’s daughter-in-law, who Mercho grew up with in Noblesville, and recommended they con-

tact Brown.

“I was not interested in selling out to corporate dentistry,” Brown said. “I wanted somebody who was going to carry on the philosophy I had of working with patients and for patients, and after talking to David several times, I decided my search was done.”

Advanced Family Dentistry in Zionsville will continue to provide routine and emergency dentistry but will expand services to include more advanced procedures, such as dental implants and “full-smile makeovers.”

The new owners plan to invest more than $150,000 in improvements and remodeling in the space, Taler said.

“A practice seems to take on the personality of its doctor, of its owner, and it’s been so amazing walking into this place,” Taler said. “Patients are welcoming us. This is just the kindest and nicest and most genuine group of people, and obviously, it’s a reflection of Dr. Brown. It’s going to take my wife and I to even try to attempt to fill his shoes.”

Taler has won numerous patient-focused honors, including being named a Top 10 Dentist in Indiana by the National Academy for Dental Professionals, among other awards.

Mercho attended the Veterans Affairs Hospital residency program in Baltimore and completed a general practice residency at the Brooklyn Hospital in New York before joining a practice in downtown Baltimore.

She recently expanded her training in Invisalign, Botox and Dermafil.

Although retired from practicing, Brown still teaches one day a week at the Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis.

Current Publishing, Central Indiana’s leader in news-and-information delivery to the most-coveted audience in the state, has an immediate opening for a contract managing editor for its Fishers and Geist publications.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When her car trunk opened and Michelle Corrao was rescued, that’s when she maintains her nightmare started.

TRAUMA “It was trying to figure out how to navigate living life because I lost my life that night,” she said.

The Noblesville resident recently co-wrote a book about her journey from darkness with Fishers resident Emily Sutherland. The book is titled “Found,” with the subtitle of “Triumph Over Fear With Grace and Gratitude: The Michelle Corrao Story.”

On Sept. 12, 1996, Corrao, then 32, was abducted by three men after coming home from work at night and walking up to her front door. She was hit and thrown in the trunk of her own car. The men drove to another area, sexually assaulted her and threw her in the trunk again.

“I had pretty severe head trauma and passed out in the trunk of my car,” she said.

“I heard this voice and that’s when I came to and kicked the trunk.”

The voice she heard was Fort Wayne Police Dept. Det. Arthur Billingsley, who promised he would get her out.

The car was in a lot behind a restaurant the men planned to rob. One man had stayed with the car and the other two were near the back of the restaurant and ran when they saw Billingsley drive up. He immediately arrested the man who was in the car.

They arrested the two men within the next couple of days and all three were eventually convicted.

“There were four other females they had attacked that summer, so I was the fifth and final one in their series of crimes,” she said.

Corrao said it was her faith, foremost, that pulled her through the ordeal.

“God just put the right people in my life to help me get through it,” she said.

She was dating the man she would marry, Chris Corrao, at the time.

“Chris was a huge advocate for me,” she said. “He was the one who (would) bear the brunt of a lot of my instability and uncomfortableness, fear and anger and denial. It was all those things you go through when you grieve something. I wanted to be who I was before. That just wasn’t going to be possible.”

Although Chris tried, he knows he wasn’t equipped initially to handle what she was going through.

Chris said he knows his support, along

Michelle Corrao wrote a book about her journey through darkness after she was abducted in 1996. (Submitted photos)

with family and close friends, helped, but his wife deserves the lion’s share of the credit for overcoming the darkness.

“Michelle was very committed that she was not going to let what happened to her define her,” he said.

Providing support for others Corrao said the book is designed to offer hope for others who have experienced similar trauma.

“We get in dark places and we don’t see a way out,” she said. “The book can help with that. I tell the truth. I was in a really dark place. Even having faith, I was still in a dark place. The trauma comes afterwards. I was just in livesaving mode that night. I was going to do anything to make it out alive.”

She eventually left her job as a manager of construction projects because every co-worker knew what had happened to her.

Although her name was not revealed on the news, the details of her abduction were reported frequently.

“The privacy of my life wasn’t so private,” she said. “It made the headline news for almost three years because that’s how long it took for all the trials to go.”

Weekly therapy sessions and journaling helped her heal.

After getting married in 1998, she and Chris moved to Noblesville in 1999. After attending a group session for crime victims, she realized she was ahead of the group healing-wise and could help others. After starting as a volunteer, she worked 18 years for Prevail, which serves as advocates for victims of crime and abuse. She was Prevail’s assistant director when she left a year ago to become the executive director for The O’Connor House, which is a home for homeless pregnant women.

The book was released in print Feb. 9. It was released on Kindle by Amazon in October 2020.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Music has been Blair Clark’s life.

So, the Carmel vocal coach understands how important it is for young MUSIC people’s mental health to be able to continue their passion for music amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“One of the things I’ve been focused on is coaching young people for the purpose of emotional release,” said Clark, who runs Coach Blair’s Voice & Performance Studio. “It’s giving them that artistic outlet but also it’s very therapeutic. A lot of the parents have mentioned how they noticed how their kids have been able to adjust better because they’ve been able to come here in a safe environment.”

Kristen Boice, a Noblesville licensed marriage and family therapist, said a study led by Mission Behavioral Health showed 7 out of 10 teens reported they are struggling with their mental health in some way during the pandemic. More than 93 percent said they struggled with anxiety or depression and 45 percent said they felt more stressed than usual.

“Music and singing are healthy outlets to express and process through their deeper emotions while having fun at the same time,” Boice said. “It helps release some of the tension, tightness and stress held in the body and nervous system. Both my teenage daughters take vocal lessons from coach Blair, and he’s more than a vocal coach. He reaches the students on a deeper, more personal level and helps process and express their feelings, stress, loneliness and overwhelming that every teen is dealing with right now. It’s a safe place to show up and be yourself, and kids need this now more than ever. It’s not just vocal lessons. It’s having a life mentor.

“My girls feel joyful, happy and more confident after leaving each session with coach Blair every week. It’s a very supportive and nurturing environment.”

A few months after the pandemic forced a lockdown in March 2020, Clark had Appel

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Vocal coach Blair Clark wears his face mask in the studio for one-on-one lessons.

(Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

Heating & Air Conditioning install a new filtration system in his Carmel studio.

Clark has installed other measures, such as one student comes in at a time and a parent sits in the lobby watching on a screen.

“My coaching is always one-on-one, and that’s one of the reasons it is working,” he said. “I’m 15 feet away, I keep my mask on and I’m behind plexiglass.”

Along with coaching young people, Clark said he has more adult students coming to him now than ever before.

Zionsville resident Sue Wickliff is one of those adult students. She started weekly lessons shortly before the pandemic began.

“We have very few live gigs, so it’s a great time to keep pursuing your craft,” Wickliff said. “When you are not singing, you are not using your muscles and you atrophy, so when things start up again, you’re not going to be ready.”

Along with coaching and performing, Clark owns and operates the Artist Devel-

opment Company, a booking, promotion and management agency.

“When I’m not performing, I’m booking,” Clark said. “When I’m not booking, I’m coaching. When I’m not coaching, I’m working with young recording artists with my Artist Development Company. I book some other venues.”

The pandemic has been a difficult time for musicians.

“I’ve been in the music business all my life. That’s all I’ve ever done,” Clark said.

“There’s a lot of us out of work. A lot of my gigs got canceled. A lot of musicians’ gigs got canceled. There’s no place to play.

Hopefully, things will pick up and change.”

Clark is the founder and one of the lead vocalists for The Fun Factor Band.

As a solo artist, he has been a frequent performer at City of Carmel events. He is slated to play in the Elkhart Jazz Festival in June.

For more, visit coachblairsstudio.com and artistdevelopmentcompany.com.

From left, the Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founders Judy Fitzgerald, Don Farrell and Cynthia Collins will perform at Feinstein’s Cabaret. (Submitted photo)

ATI trio to perform at Feinstein’s Cabaret editorial@youarecurrent.com The Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founders Don Farrell and Judy Fitzgerald, along with Terry Woods, will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 19 at Feinstein’s Cabaret in The Hotel Carmichael in Carmel for an evening of sophistication and jazz as they celebrate Indiana’s two favorite sons, Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael.

From Porter’s “You’re the Top” to Carmichael’s “Stardust” and everything in between, Farrell, Fitzgerald and fellow ATI co-founder Cynthia Collins will perform timeless classics performed in the intimate setting of the Cabaret Club.

A livestream option is available for $20 on Eventbrite. With a limited 65-seat capacity, the $50 tickets sold out quickly. Safe social distancing will be in effect and face masks are required. For more, visit atistage.org.

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Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 110 W. Jackson St., Cicero What to get: Blueberry muffin Price: $3 Anna’s take: Dark Side Roasters is an adorable café and coffee roaster in downtown Cicero. It has everything I love about a cozy place – exposed brick, a variety of seating options, plants and, of course, impeccable coffee and snacks. My favorite item was the blueberry muffin, which like everything — except for the bagels — is made in-house. It was mighty in size and packed with blueberries. It had a delicious crunch on top but was moist and gooey inside. Other notable items are brownies, which are baked with espresso and are practically the size of a brick, and quiche, if

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Suggested pairings: Chocolate-covered strawberry latte. I’m usually not one to order a sweet drink for my morning java, but I couldn’t resist this one. And, boy, was it worth it. Dark Side Roasters can customize drinks to include as much or as little syrup as you want, so it wasn’t overly sweet and allowed the flavor of the espresso to come through nicely.

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Blueprint for Improvement: Elegant bath update in Carmel Commentary by Larry Greene The spacious master bathroom in this 1991 Windemere home had a garden tub, separate shower and two sink areas that needed cosmetic updates.

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Kerameikos: Site of a famous Athenian speech Commentary by Don Knebel Most visitors to Athens, Greece, make their way to the Parthenon. Few visit nearby Kerameikos, the location of one of the most famous speeches in history.

TRAVEL Kerameikos, northwest of the Acropolis, was once home to potters attracted by clay deposits along the Eridanos River. The name “Kerameikos” is derived from the Greek word for pottery, the source of our “ceramic.” The area also is the site of an ancient cemetery. In 479 B.C., after Persian attacks, Themistocles, an Athenian politician, erected a wall around Athens to protect it from further invasions.

The 5-mile long Themistoclean Wall, opposed as provocative by Sparta, bisected Kerameikos, placing most of the cemetery outside

Area of Kerameikos in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Don Knebel)

Brief history of February Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I’m going to lean on my three years of high school Latin to answer this question.

I really wanted to GRAMMAR GUY make sure I was profiled as a giant nerd during my formative teen years, so I took a class where we got extra credit for wearing a homemade toga to school.

Picture this: You’re a Roman citizen in the eighth-century B.C. For hundreds of years prior to your time, your pagan ancestors celebrated a crazy ritual called Lupercalia, a wild fertility festival in which local priests smeared with goats’ blood would run naked through the streets, striking any woman they passed. These run-by whippings were said to bring fertility to the women, who got the privilege of receiving these blows from the nude priests. The whips, known as “februum,” literally meant “to purify,” after the ancient Roman god Februum.

Lupercalia later became known as “Februa,” the festival of purification. This was probably a result of a focus group who thought that the naked whippings with goats’ blood were not politically correct enough. Incidentally, this festival was later replaced by the Christian holiday we know as Valentine’s Day. The month 29C01-2010-MI-007540 notice is given that David Agustine Stepp is changing his name to David Augustine Ryan. March 12, 2021 in Hamilton Superior Court.

in which the festival of Februa happened was named “Februarius.” Who knows?

Perhaps this year’s Valentine’s Day should have been renamed “Quarantine’s Day.” What about the “ru” in “February”?

Why don’t we pronounce it? The word looks like a mash-up between “Febreeze” and “Furby.” While I don’t claim to be a linguist, my research shows that the dropped “r” in the pronunciation of “February” is a result of dissimilation, or haplology. Dissimilation is when two similar neighboring sounds in a word become different over time.

Think about the word “surprise.” Over time, this word has become pronounced as “su-prise.” This is exactly what has happened with February: Through the years, we’ve dropped the “ru,” now pronouncing the word as “Feb-you-ary.” Also, think about kids in school memorizing and reciting the 12 months of the year — it could be that we started to pronounce “February” the same as “January,” as February comes right after month No. 1.

Curtis Honeycutt is a national award-winning, syndicated humor writer. Connect with him on Twitter (@curtishoneycutt) or at curtishoneycutt.com.

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the wall. The Dipylon Gate, located in Kerameikos, became the main entrance to Athens.

The cemetery area outside the wall became the burial site of prominent Athenians.

In 461 B.C., Pericles became the Athenian leader and built the Parthenon atop the Acropolis to replace an earlier temple to Athena destroyed by the Persians, with a road running from the Dipylon Gate to the

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Acropolis. In 431 B.C., Sparta attacked areas around Athens, initiating the Peloponnesian War. The next year, Pericles stood near the Diplyon Gate and delivered his famous Funeral Oration. As reported by Thucydides, the 2,800-word speech honored Athens’ war dead and exhorted the living to defend Athens’ democratic government, “in the hands of the many and not of the few,” against enemies trying to destroy it. Scholars see in Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” several parallels to the reported words of Pericles, who died of the plague in 429 B.C. and was buried in Kerameikos.

Today, 11 acres of Kerameikos, within walking distance of the Acropolis, have been excavated. The area includes a section of the Themistoclean Wall and reproductions of grave markers of prominent Athenians. The Kerameikos Archeological Museum displays numerous artifacts uncovered during the excavation.

Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel. com. You may contact him at editorial@youarecurrent.com.

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